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Threatened

//ˈθɹɛt.n̩d// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    At risk of becoming endangered in the near future. especially

    "It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country."

  2. 2
    Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of threaten form-of, participle, past

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